Diagnostic dilemma: Rare ‘spinal stroke’ struck an 8-year-old and temporarily paralyzed her
The patient: An 8-year-old girl in the U.S. The symptoms: The girl arrived at an emergency department after waking up with sudden, severe pain in
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To detect CTE while alive, a test for another brain disease may help
A protein that is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease may also ID a brain condition associated with head trauma in contact sports, early findings suggest.
The protein craze may not be for everyone
Getting more protein has been all the rage. In sedentary people, that advice could accelerate aging.
How to watch ‘Secrets of the Great White Kill’ – stream ‘Shark Week’ 2026 from anywhere
Surfer, spear-fisher and free-diver Riley Elliott and marine biologist, shark diver and underwater photographer Kori Burkhardt put themselves in harm’s way in don’t-try-this-at-home “Shark Week”
IBM scientists claim they’ve achieved ‘quantum advantage’ — and they’ve dared others to prove them wrong
Scientists at IBM and partner institutions say they’ve reached “quantum advantage” in a trio of experiments demonstrating quantum computing capabilities that even the fastest classical
Alzheimer’s blood tests are transforming how patients get diagnosed — here’s what to know
LONDON — New blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease aim to catch the condition in its earliest stages. Scientists hope that, someday, by spotting very early
Science word of they day: Covalent
Science word of the day: Covalent Pronunciation: Coh-VAY’-lent What it means: In chemistry, a covalent bond occurs when two atoms share a pair of electrons.
Inflammation may trigger persistent ‘out-of-body’ experiences, emerging research hints
Inflammation may be behind a mysterious phenomenon known as dissociation, a mental state that includes “out-of-body” experiences and the feeling that the world is “unreal,”
Catch an orange ‘Buck Moon’ rise tonight before a month of solar and lunar eclipses
July’s full Buck Moon, the second full moon of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, will turn full on Wednesday (July 29). It will be the
Mammals moving between the Americas stopped over in Mexico
Ancient mammals may have had an easier time moving across the Isthmus of Panama from north to south thanks to Mexico’s climate.
In a cosmic first, astronomers detect 2 sibling supernovas that came from a pair of bound stars
Astronomers may have just found a first-of-its-kind phenomenon buried in the shadow of one of the Milky Way ‘s most famous stellar explosions: two stars
Scientists discover 2 new ‘ghost’ lineages that contributed DNA to modern humans
Traces of two “ghost lineages” of extinct human populations lie hidden within our genome, a new study reveals. One of these ghost lineages left its
Scientists put cameras on whale sharks for the first time and saw something they’d never seen before
Whale sharks may be the biggest fish in the ocean, but their feeding habits have remained mysterious. Now, new camera footage from the backs of
Starburst Galaxy Centaurus A
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) reveals the nearby galaxy Centaurus A, exposing the dusty structures and hidden activity that shape this unusual